Appendix II.—Principal Electric Lighting Stations on the Continent.
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Name of Station. Approximate No. of Lights. Systems employed. Approximate length of longest main supply conductor in miles. Main conductor overhead or underground.
Incandescent or Glow Lamps. Arc.
Bergen 3,000 70 Brush · · Overhead
Bellegarde 600 · · Gramme dynamos · · Overhead
Berlin 11,800 · · Edison lamps 100 volts · · Underground
” ” ” 17,400 3,000 42,200 · · 108 400 ” ” ” 1½ · · · · ” ” ”
Breslau 5,000 69 Siemens · · Underground
Brunswick 2,000 · · Edison · · ”
Crefeld 1,560 · · ” · · ”
Darmstadt 1,000 · · ” · · ”
Dresden 3,400 · · ” · · ”
Elberfeld 2,000 · · ” · · Underground
Hamburg 4,000 50 Schuckert · · ”
Hernösand · · 70 Thomson Houston · · Overhead
Halle 1,350 10 Edison · · Underground
Hanover 10,000 to be increased to 20,000 · · ” · · ”
Lucerne 800 · · Zippernowsky high-tension current with transformers 4 Overhead
Lubeck 2,000 · · Edison · · ”
Milan 11,000 210 Edison ¾ Underground
1,000 · · Zippernowsky ” ”
Munich 6,500 140 Edison ” ”
Rome 14,000 · · Zippernowsky 4 ”
Rotterdam 1,000 · · Edison · · ”
St. Etienne 3,000 · · Edison, Three-wire system · · ”
Strassburg 1,800 62 Edison and Siemens · · Underground and overhead
Stuttgart 1,060 · · ” · · Underground
Schwerin 2,390 · · ” · · ”
Tivoli 1,000 6 Goulard high-tension transformers 18 Overhead
Tours 3,500 · · Goulard 3 ”
Terni 3,000 · · Zippernowsky Transformers · · · ·
Treviso 800 · · Zippernowsky transformers · · Overhead
Turin 1,000 100 Edison · · Underground
Temesvar 760 · · Brush machines; Lane Fox lamps 2 Overhead
Vienna 8,000 · · Crompton Low-tension dynamos with battery transformers ½ Underground
Name of Station. Approximate area of distribution. Description of lighting. Hours of Supply. Charges. Remarks.
By Meter. By yearly fixed amount.
Bergen · · Street lighting and public buildings · · · · · · · ·
Bellegarde · · · · · · · · Of fr. 0·4 per hour, or 8 francs per month for 8-C.-P. Worked by water power.
Berlin Nearly whole of business part of city These installations supply clubs, theatres, public buildings, and street lighting Constant service · · 6s. per year fixed charge, and per hour per 16-C.-P. lamp; arc lamps, 6d. and 7d. per hour, and 60s. yearly per light Stations at Friedrich Street, Mauer Street, Schadou Street.
Breslau 1,200 metres radius Railway station and mills · · · · · · · ·
Brunswick · · Mills and factories · · · · · · · ·
Crefeld · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Darmstadt · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Dresden · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Elberfeld Three-wire system · · · · · · · · · ·
Hamburg · · Lighting of the Free Port Dusk until dawn · · · · Under construction. 2 block stations, 1 central-station.
Hernösand · · · · · · · · · · Yearly contract, which is less than former lighting by oil.
Halle · · Stadt Theatre · · · · · · · ·
Hanover 13,000 feet radius from station Shops and public buildings Constant By meter to subscribers for three years 0·42 d. per 10-C.-P. lamp per hour; 0·5 d. per 16-C.-P.
Lucerne To be extended throughout Lucerne In hotels Dusk until midnight · · · · Motive power, water.
Lubeck · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Milan 1½ square mile Theatre with 460 lamps in houses The district is served in a similar manner to gas Constant Arc and incandescent ½ d. per ampère-hour Installation charge per lamp per 10 candles, 8_s._ ” 16 ” 28_s._ ” 32 ” 56_s._ Arc lamp £2 per annum rent · ·
Munich Two theatres · · · · · · · · · ·
Rome Hotels and shops · · 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. · · Of 2·08 d. per 16 C.-P. lamp per hour The installation is owned by the gas company.
Rotterdam · · · · · · · · · · · ·
St. Etienne · · · · · · Meter 3 s. 5 d. per 16 C.-P. lamp per month, also fixed sum of 2 s. 11 d. per lamp · ·
Strassburg Railway station, and goods yards, 86 acres area Also a block station for hotel and restaurants Dusk until daylight · · Net cost of lighting station, including 12 per cent. for inerest and renewal.--Arc lamps, 3¾ d. per hour; 16 C.-P. glow lamps, 0·42 d. per hour; 10 C.-P. glow lamps, 0.32 d. per hour; 8 C.-P. glow lamps, 0·29 d. per hour Carried out by the railway company. The cost is estimated at one-third less than gas.
Stuttgart Theatre · · · · · · · · One central-station. One block station.
Schwerin ” · · · · · · · · · ·
Tivoli Principally street lighting · · · · · · · · Motive power, water; yearly contract for street lighting.
Tours · · · · · · · · Subscribers at 2 s. 9 d. per 16 C.-P. lamp per month Three distributing stations at work, to be increased to ten.
Terni Town lighting · · · · · · Charge 0·4 d. to 1·3 d. per hour according to C.-P. · ·
Treviso Town lighting. · · · · · · · · · ·
Turin Street lighting by arc lamps · · · · · · Thomson-Houston arc lamps · ·
Temesvar About 37 miles of streets Street lighting chiefly Dusk until dawn · · Street lighting, 1·5 kreutzer per 16-C.-P. lamp per hour Private consumers, 1·81 kreutzer · ·
Vienna Opera house, Court theatre, and municipal buildings · · · · · · By contract at a price about double gas This installation is being put down by the gas company which lights the city.